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Suzie Rubin
Suzie's (Kellogg '94) works with students and young alumni who have a wide variety of backgrounds and interests, both career switchers and those looking to advance within a given industry or function. She coaches students to think through...
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Health Care
- 29 Sep 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Leveraging Intellectual Property
the problem can be curtailed if studios adopt a multipart strategy. Key concepts include: Despite a thriving movie industry in India, Hollywood studios have experienced difficulty making much money there. Researchers discovered a...
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Re: Multiple Faculty
- 02 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Finding My Focus in Health care Amidst a Global Pandemic
help think through the next wave of innovative policies that will lay the foundation for the health care industry of the future. The silver linings of Zoom school There is no doubt that school looks and...
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PhD Programs - Doctoral
PhD program in Health Policy (Management) is rooted in data-driven research on the managerial, operational, and strategic issues facing a wide range of organizations. Coursework includes the study of microeconomic theory, management,...
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- March 2014
- Module Note
Implementing Environmentally Sustainable Operations
Keywords:
Sustainability;
Sustainability Management;
Sustainability Reporting;
Sustainable Supply Chains;
Sustainable Operations;
Environment;
Environmental And Social Sustainability;
Environmental Management;
Environmental Operations;
Environmental Performance;
Environmental Policy;
Environmental Protection;
Environmental Strategy;
Environmental Regulation;
Operations Management;
Operations Strategy;
Supply Chain Management;
Operations;
Supply Chain;
Business Processes;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Performance Evaluation;
Performance Improvement;
Safety;
Social Enterprise;
Quality;
Production;
Working Conditions;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Buildings and Facilities;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Construction Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Toffel, Michael W. "Implementing Environmentally Sustainable Operations." Harvard Business School Module Note 613-090, March 2014.
Richard F. Meyer
Richard F. Meyer is Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Professor Meyer received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and spent the first ten years of his career in the Management Services Division of Arthur D. Little, Inc., serving as a...
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- October 2012
- Case
Global Diversity and Inclusion at Royal Dutch Shell (A)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Elena Corsi
Royal Dutch Shell has been among the early players to implement diversity and inclusion policies in the 1990s, first in the U.S. and then globally. In May 2009, Peter Voser, CFO and soon-to-be CEO, wants to adjust the company's business, headcount, and cost levels to...
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Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Managerial Roles;
Restructuring;
Resignation and Termination;
Diversity;
Financial Crisis;
Energy Industry;
Netherlands
Sucher, Sandra J., and Elena Corsi. "Global Diversity and Inclusion at Royal Dutch Shell (A)." Harvard Business School Case 613-063, October 2012.
- May 2013
- Case
Education in Brazil: Waiting for a Revolution
By: Aldo Musacchio and Alejandra Meraz Velasco
This case describes the situation of the education system in Brazil circa 2012. The case discusses first some of the problems of the Brazilian education system. Then, the case summarizes the findings of a recent study of high performing schools in Brazil and outlines...
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- July 1994 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation
The largest ski resort in Colorado must determine how to select customer segments to focus its promotional and service-delivery efforts. Making segmentation work depends on reordering its pricing policy and "service packages."
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Rayport, Jeffrey F., Mary E. Callahan, Don Bramley, Katie King, and Hilary Nicholas. "Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 395-019, July 1994. (Revised January 1997.)
- February 2003 (Revised April 2003)
- Background Note
Note on Staffing in Professional Service Firms
By: Ashish Nanda
This case discusses the problem of balancing demand and supply of professionals within a professional services firm (PSF). It emphasizes how human resources management policies impact supply conditions and how market opportunities determine demand conditions. The case...
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Demand and Consumers;
Balance and Stability;
Supply and Industry;
Employees;
Service Industry
Nanda, Ashish. "Note on Staffing in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 903-110, February 2003. (Revised April 2003.)
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
in his 2012 paper, Conflict Policy and Advertising Agency-Client Relations: The Problem of Competing Clients Sharing a Common Agency. According to Silk, industry opposition to an agency serving competing...
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- 2011
- Chapter
Clusters and Competitiveness: Porter's Contribution
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
While clusters have been known to exist at least since the days of Marshall, Michael Porter's work, first in The Competitive Advantage of Nations (Porter, 1990) and then in On Competition (originally published in 1998; updated edition in Porter, 2008), has undoubtedly...
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Development Economics;
Framework;
Policy;
Industry Clusters;
Practice;
Competitive Advantage
Ketels, Christian H.M. "Clusters and Competitiveness: Porter's Contribution." Chap. 10 in Competition, Competitive Advantage, and Clusters: The Ideas of Michael Porter, edited by Robert Huggins and Hiro Izushi, 173–192. Oxford University Press, 2011.
- November 2003 (Revised June 2004)
- Background Note
China's Telecommunications Sector
By: Richard L. Nolan and Stephen P. Bradley
In mid-2003, China was the fastest-growing telecom market. Telecom subscribers are estimated at 472 million. With the size and growth of telecom, China is a hot spot for new telecom and IT technologies. Furthermore, China's sheer market power provides a strong position...
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Globalized Markets and Industries;
Technological Innovation;
Policy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Competition;
Telecommunications Industry;
China
Nolan, Richard L., and Stephen P. Bradley. "China's Telecommunications Sector." Harvard Business School Background Note 904-416, November 2003. (Revised June 2004.)
Jan W. Rivkin
Jan W. Rivkin is a Professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. In the past, he has served as Faculty Chair of the MBA Program, Senior Associate Dean for Research, and head of the Strategy Unit. His research, course development, and teaching focus on... View Details
- 2023
- Working Paper
The Politics of Philanthropy in China
By: Geoffrey Jones and Yuhai Wu
This working paper looks historically at business philanthropy in China. In the West, the literature has distinguished between entrepreneurial and customary philanthropy, while the phenomenon of spiritual philanthropy has been identified in many emerging markets. This...
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China;
Philanthropy;
Ethics;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Moral Sensibility;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Economic Systems;
Economic Sectors;
China
Jones, Geoffrey, and Yuhai Wu. "The Politics of Philanthropy in China." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-067, May 2023.
- 27 Feb 2019
- HBS Seminar
David Robinson, Fuqua School of Business at Duke University
- 2017
- Working Paper
Business and Green Knowledge Production in Sweden 1960s–1980s
By: Ann-Kristin Bergquist and Kristina Söderholm
This working paper contributes to the burgeoning historical literature that has transformed our understanding about the relationship between big business and the environmental regulation. Previously, it was believed that corporate managers resisted the extra costs...
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Environmental Sustainability;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Business and Government Relations;
Research and Development;
History;
Sweden
Bergquist, Ann-Kristin, and Kristina Söderholm. "Business and Green Knowledge Production in Sweden 1960s–1980s." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-050, December 2017.
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
J. Gomes, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, and Luis M. Viceira Abstract Governments are known for procrastinating when it comes to resolving painful policy problems. Whatever the political motives for waiting to decide, procrastination distorts...
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Martha Lagace
- November – December 2011
- Article
Competitive Strategy for Open Source Software
By: Vineet Kumar, Brett Gordon and Kannan Srinivasan
Commercial open source software (COSS) products-privately developed software based on publicly available source code-represent a rapidly growing, multibillion-dollar market. A unique aspect of competition in the COSS market is that many open source licenses require...
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Keywords:
Applications and Software;
Competitive Strategy;
Product Development;
Growth and Development;
Markets;
Motivation and Incentives;
Quality;
Policy;
Perspective;
Profit;
Open Source Distribution;
Emerging Markets
Kumar, Vineet, Brett Gordon, and Kannan Srinivasan. "Competitive Strategy for Open Source Software." Marketing Science 30, no. 6 (November–December 2011): 1066–1078.
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HBS Working Knowledge – Harvard Business School Faculty Research
across industries rushed to adopt ChatGPT last year, seeing its potential to streamline tasks formerly handled by people and vendors at much higher cost. As generative AI enters its next phase in 2024, what can leaders expect? Harvard...
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